A pharmaceutical company located in the Southern
California area that synthesizes peptides was looking to automate how
they transfer various solvents from their storage rooms to production
rooms. GTH designed a control system consisting of multiple level,
pressure, and oxygen sensors as well as a Modicon M340 PLC and HMI’s for
control. A Wonderware SCADA system was also used for monitoring,
trending, and alarming process conditions. When the customer needed
solvents transferred, they were selected at the HMI and pumped from the
containers in the storage room to different rooms on the opposite of the
facility..

The ChallengeThe automating of this
process greatly improved their production output but with any automated
process notifications and alerts are required. In order to keep
production moving smoothly, the customer required notification of
solvent supply levels as well as verification that their waste
collection containers were routinely emptied. Most importantly, they
required alarm notifications in case of emergencies. Leak notifications
were extremely critical due to the flammable and hazardous nature of the
solvent.

The SolutionThe
WIN-911 software was installed on the same computer as the Wonderware
SCADA software making the integration of the systems seamless. This gave
the WIN-911 software access to all of the same SCADA
process information. Two notifications were created: "General” and
"Alarms”. The General notification was structured to call production and
maintenance personnel to notify them of solvent levels and other
production-related conditions. The Alarm notifications were setup to
call in response to after-hours emergencies when the process was
unmanned. This system gave the right people real-time information when
they needed whether on or off-site so they are able to coordinate
production efficiently.

Benefits include:

Both
types of notifications allow the customer to call the SCADA system to
review process conditions as well as acknowledge any existing
notifications.

The WIN-911 software also makes it easy to add, remove, and modify notifications.